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(ModeL) R. BUTTER. Wagon Brake.

Patented May 24, I881.

mvm'mm ATTORNBY WITNESSES brake-shoes H, and is connected with the bodyUNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WAGON- BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,050, dated May 24,188.1.

Application filed March 25, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern- Beit known that I, ROBERT BUTTER, of Dillon, in the county of Beaver Headand Territory of Montana, have invented a new Improvement inWagon-Brakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improvement,shown as applied to a wagon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the brakerollerand its attachments. Fig. 3 is a seetional elevation of the same, takenthrough the line mm, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a part of thebrake, the lever being shown in crosssection. Fig.5 is an elevation of apart of the brake-lever.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of thewagon-brakes known as the California or Roller brakes in such a mannerthat they can be reversed to bring the brake-lever upon the right orleft side of the wagon, according as the brake is to be put on? by a manriding the left-hand wheel-h orse or by a driver riding in the wagon.

The invention consists in the combination, with the brake-roller and theaxle-clips that carry the said roller, of a hooked bar placed betweenthe parts of the clip-yokes and hooked around the roller within itsbearings, so that the clip-yokes can be detached from the brake rollerto allow the said roller to be reversed and also in constructing thebrake-lever with a lip upon each side .to adapt it to engage with thecatch-bar when placed at either side of the wagon-body, as will behereinafter fully described.

A represents the fore wheels, B the rear wheels, 0 the forward axle, Dthe rear axle, E the reach, and F the body, of an ordinaryfreight-wagon.

G is the brake-bar, which is provided with or running-gear of the wagonin the ordinary manner.

To the brake-bar G is attached the forward end of a connecting-rod, I,the rear end of which is hinged to the lower end of adownwardly-projecting arm, J, formed upon or rigidly attached to thebrake roller K. The brake-roller K works in hearings in the forward endsof the yokes L of the axle-c1ips, the bows M of whieh'pass around therear axle, D. The

bows M.

yokes L are formed of bars bent at their middle parts to form eyes orhearings to receive the roller K. The end parts of the bars that formthe yokes L pass back together, and are secured to the arms of the bowsM.

Both arms of the yoke-bars L may be secured to both arms of the bows M,or the upper arms of the said yoke-bars may be secured to both arms ofthe said bows and the lower arm of the yoke-bars may be secured to onlythe forward arms of the bows. The latter arrangement is shown in Fig. 3.

The roller K is kept from longitudinal movementin the bearings of theyokes L by a collar, N, formed upon the said roller near its end, and byan elliptical or cross head, 0, formed upon the end of the said rollerK. The other end of the rollerK is bent upward to form an arm, P, to theend of which is hinged the rear end of the conneeting'rod Q.

The bearings for the roller K are bent upward above the level of thelower side of the axle D to raise the roller K out of the way of thecoupling-chains when two or more wagons are coupled together. The bearings for the roller K are made so large that the one hearing can be passedover the head 0 upon one end of the roller K and the other bearing canbe passed around the bend at the other end of the said roller.

The'bearings of the yokes L are made to fit the roller K by the bars R,placed between the arms of the said yokes L, and the rear ends of whichare placed upon the arms of the clip- The forward ends of the bars R arebent into hook form to fit into the bearings of the said yokes L andaround the said roller K. With this construction, when the yokes L andhook-bars R have been detached from the bows M the yokes L can heslipped 011' the hookbars R laterally and then slipped off the roller K,so that the said roller K can be reversed to bring the arm P to theother side of the wagonbody F.

The forward end of the connecting-rod Q is hinged to the brakelever S,the lower end of which is. hinged to the wagon-body F. The lever Spasses up between the wagon-body F and the catch-bar T, the ends ofwhich are bent upward and have lugs formed upon them to receive thebolts by which the said catchbar is secured to the wagon-body F.

Upon the inner side of the catch-bar T are formed ratchet-teeth, withwhich engages a lip, U, formed upon the lever S, to hold the said leverin place when applying the brake. The lever S is made with a lip, U,upon each side, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that the catch-bar '1 andlever S can be placed at the right-hand side of the wagon-body when thebrake is to be put on by a driver riding in the wagon, and can be placedat the left-hand side of the wagon when the brake is to be put on by ajerk-cord operated by a man riding upon the near wheel-horse.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wagon-brake, the combination, with the brake-roller K and theaxle-clips L M, of the hook-bars R, placed between the parts of theclip-yohes L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby theclip-yokes can be 20 with a lip, ll, upon each side, substantially as 25herein shown and described, to adapt the said lever to be placed uponeither side of the wagon-body, as set forth.

ROBERT BUTTER. Witnesses:

WILLIs B. RAYMOND, SIMEON EsTEs.

